Skip Bridge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirk Hammerton
Historical Forms
- Skete brygg 1430 Testii
- Skipbrig(lone), Skipbryg(lone) 1550 NCWills 1555 YkCR
- Skipbridg 1675 Og
- Skip Bridge 1771 M
Etymology
Skip Bridge, Skete brygg 1430 Test ii, Skipbrig (lone ), Skipbryg (lone )1550 NCWills, 1555 YkCR, Skipbridg 1675 Og, Skip Bridge 1771 M. The earliest spelling rather suggests a late form of ON skøyti 'winding, twisting'; the bridge carries the Roman road to York over the R. Nidd on the wapentake boundary. Otherwise it is 'sheep bridge' from a Scandinavianised form of OE (ONb ) scīp (as in Skipton vi, 71infra ), v. brycg .